mercenarius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From *mercēdnārius/*mercēdinārius, from Latin mercēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mer.keːˈnaː.ri.us/, [mɛr.keːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]
Adjective
mercēnārius (feminine mercēnāria, neuter mercēnārium); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mercēnārius | mercēnāria | mercēnārium | mercēnāriī | mercēnāriae | mercēnāria | |
| Genitive | mercēnāriī | mercēnāriae | mercēnāriī | mercēnāriōrum | mercēnāriārum | mercēnāriōrum | |
| Dative | mercēnāriō | mercēnāriae | mercēnāriō | mercēnāriīs | mercēnāriīs | mercēnāriīs | |
| Accusative | mercēnārium | mercēnāriam | mercēnārium | mercēnāriōs | mercēnāriās | mercēnāria | |
| Ablative | mercēnāriō | mercēnāriā | mercēnāriō | mercēnāriīs | mercēnāriīs | mercēnāriīs | |
| Vocative | mercēnārie | mercēnāria | mercēnārium | mercēnāriī | mercēnāriae | mercēnāria | |
Descendants
- English: mercenary
- Portuguese: marceneiro, mercenário
- Spanish: mercenario
- Translingual: Mercenaria
References
- mercenarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mercenarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- mercenarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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